Tag: career

Life is full of lessons. Some of them we learn early on in our lives whilst others take a certain amount of time, a varied amount of experiences or many mistakes to accomplish. During my twenty-four years of life I have realised that there is still so much to learn about this crazy thing we… Continue reading 24 Life Lessons In 24 Years

Tomorrow is my twenty-third birthday. I like to reflect on everything I have achieved birthday to birthday and although I'm not where I wanted to be, I have a lot of things to be thankful for and I have learnt a lot of valuable lessons during the past year. To begin, I want to take… Continue reading Twenty-Three

The thing about life that I am learning is that nothing lasts forever. I'm starting to realise that despite my best efforts, I can't control everything that happens to me and I can't predict what will happen in the future. This might be easy for most people to accept, but for me, it's hard to… Continue reading Nothing Lasts Forever

At the beginning of every year, I set myself new goals to achieve, list a few things I want to change about my life and reflect on the year that has passed. This year, I hope to change the direction of my career, spend more time doing the things I love and improve my health… Continue reading New Year, New Adventures

I will always be a writer. No matter what my job title is or what I do during the day, writing is my passion and I wouldn't be 'me' without it. However, recently I've started to feel less like a writer. Maybe that's because I haven't really been doing much 'writing.' You see, a few… Continue reading A Change Of Heart

Energy and persistence conquer all things - Benjamin Franklin I may have lost my way for a while but I now feel back to my old self. My ambitious, hard-working and motivated self that wants to succeed. I have so many projects and exciting opportunities happening right now that I haven't even had the time to… Continue reading The Need To Succeed

Today is the day I've been waiting for, I've finally got a job. It's been a year since I graduated university with a degree in Creative Writing and it's been a tough year with a lot of rejection and a lot of disappointment but perseverance has finally paid off. When they say good things come… Continue reading Good Things Come To Those Who Work Hard

Future. It’s a word that has been circling around my mind a little bit too much recently. My future seemed so far away a couple of months ago, as I sat behind a desk at university, I had it all figured out in my head. I felt optimistic that everything would work out and somebody… Continue reading The F Word

I sit here now and I really cannot believe that I am in my final year of university. I know the journey is far from over but I feel like I can reflect back on my time at Edge Hill from this point and smile at how much things have changed. I have learnt many… Continue reading There Are No Shortcuts To Any Place Worth Going

I think this is the most confident I have ever felt about my writing. I currently have 8,000 words of my first novel drafted, it doesn't sound a lot compared to the 80,000 word mark I am hoping to achieve but for me it is a big accomplishment. I tend to bore easily with my… Continue reading Dream Big Or Don’t Dream At All.